PENTSTEMON, Beard Tongue (p) 
A fast-growing plant with large tubular 
flowers like foxglove. Colors range from 
light pink and rose to mauve and violet, 
the lighter colors predominating. Bloom 
from May to fall and can be cut back for 
next year’s flowering. 2 feet high. Grow in 
sun or part shade and grow best in light 
mellow soil. Best started in flats in spring 
or fall. 
Gloxinia Flowered Hybrids. A new giant 
MOWELCG) SLYAIN 20 coe ee ee Pkt. 25c 
PHLOX, Drummondi (a) 
Gigantea 
One of the easiest grown and most satis- 
factory of all summer annuals. Fine for 
bedding, borders and cutting. Start in flats 
September to May; transplant to a sunny 
location, 6 inches apart, for best color effect. 
8 to 15 inches high. 
Chamois Rose. Buff with carmine eye. 
Isabellina. Pale primrose. 
Rosea. Deep rose. 
Grandiflora Choicest Mixed. 
Pkt. each 15c 
Salmon Glory. New. Pure salmon with 
cream eye. Florets 14 to 1% inches across. 
A well deserved A. A. S. 1939 winner. 
Pkt. 25¢ 
PINKS, Dianthus (a) 
Heddewigi Laciniatus 
Colorful and of easiest culture in ordinary 
garden loam. Biennial in mild climates. The 
best color effects are from the single clear 
salmons and reds. Neat and compact in 
habit, producing hundreds of flowers. Ex- 
cellent for edgings and the popular flower 
arrangements. Start in flats, September to 
May. 6 to 8 inches. 
Salmon Queen. Single. A beautiful clear 
SALMON ean me cas Acistiaes weit Mere Pkt. 15¢ 
Splendens (Giant Bright Eye). Single. The 
sweet-scented flowers are about 2 inches 
in diameter, brilliant crimson with a large 
white eye. Lacinated. S. M., A. A. S., 1935. 
Pkt. 15¢ 
Nobillis Giants Mixed............. Pkt. 15¢ 
POPPY 
See California Poppy, Iceland Poppy, or 
Shirley Poppy. 
RANUNCULUS 
Persian Buttercup (p) 
Tecolote Giants. A bright, showy flower, 
usually grown from tubers, but actually 
more satisfactory from seed, as the latter 
are disease resistant. One packet does the 
work of dozens of bulbs. Yellow, red, 
scarlet, orange, white and other rich au- 
tumn colors, 2 to 2% inches and very 
double. If started in flats in August to 
December will bloom the following spring. 
Likes well-drained, moist soil and a shady 
location. 12 to 15 inches tall...... Pkt. 50c 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Velvet Flower). New 
base-branching mixture. One of the 
easiest of annuals to grow, and a most 
aristocratic and colorful plant. Trumpet- 
like flowers which bloom profusely and 
are excellent for cutting. In crimson, gold 
black, violet, brown blue and other shades. 
February to May. 2% ft.......... Pkt. 15¢ 
SCABIOSA, Pincushion Flower (a) 
One of the best standbys for cutting and 
garden color. Blooms freely from July till 
frost. Sow in fall for early blooms and Feb- 
ruary to May for later flowers. Plants 3 feet 
tall. 
Blue Moon. Deep rich lavender blue that is 
pink under electric light. Large flowers, 
ball-shaped with long strong stems. Very 
free flowering. H. M., A. A. S., 1939. 
Pkt. 25¢ 
Loveliness. Salmon-rose........... Pkt. 15c 
Giant Double Hybrids Mixed...... Pkt. 10c 
PERENNIAL SCABIOSA 
Scabiosa Caucasica. Giant hybrids (Isaac 
House Strain) fringed and ruffled. Shades 
of blue from lavender to dark blue, very 
large) MOWers.:. «een oni Pkt. 25c 
SCHIZANTHUS 
Poor Man's Orchid (a) 
A half hardy annual with fern-like foliage 
and a myriad of little butterfly flowers. 
Largely grown in pots, but they make light 
and graceful additions to the garden; out- 
doors they are more compact in growth. 
They are long-lasting and make attractive 
corsages. Start in flats July to September— 
February to July. In mild climate sow out 
of doors in fall or early spring. 1 to 11% feet. 
Giant Flowered Hybrids. An extra select 
large flowering compact strain containing 
a perfect blend of many colors... .Pkt. 25c 
SNAPDRAGON, Antirrhinum (p) 
One of the best cut flowers. Grows best in 
rather light soil in a sunny location, and 
though perennials they are best treated as 
annuals. For early flowering, sow in the fall 
in flats and protect from frost. 2 to 3 feet 
tall. 
Maximum Grandiflorum 
Rust-Resistant 
Alaska. Pure white. 
Buttercup. Yellow. 
Campfire. Luminous scarlet. 
Copper King. Copper red. 
Loveliness. Soft rose pink. 
Fair Lady. Silver pink with white tube. 
Indian Summer. Coppery, orange-scarlet. 
Pink Glory. New. Large flowered and heavy 
spiked. Fine deep salmon rose. 
Rosalie. 1940. A new color in snapdragons, 
a deep rich rose with an underlying tone 
of topaz. Base branching, 6 to 8 long 
flower spikes. 
Yellow Jacket. Deep yellow. 
Pkt. each 15¢ 
Group collection, one packet each (10) 
except mixed $1.00. 
California Giants Exquisite Mixed. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35¢ 
SHIRLEY POPPY (a) 
Sow in October to May where they are to 
flower. Thin to 6 inches apart. 2% feet tall. 
Sweet Briar. New. A double rose-pink of 
bevonia-like fOr aeeeee eae Pkt. 15c 
All Double Mixed. Reselected strain which 
produces practically all double begonia 
blooms with full range of colors found in 
all the best blends of Shirley Poppy. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 for 25c 
STOCKS, Gilliflower (a) 
A new strain of this old favorite with extra 
long spikes and immense florets. Start seeds 
from July to April, the early plantings will 
bloom in the winter. Space them 6 to 8 
inches apart and they will not need staking. 
24 to 28 inches high. 
Giants of California 
Golden Gate. Yellow. 
Monterey. Light pink. 
Pacific. Dark blue. 
Red Woods. Blood red. 
Santa Barbara. Chamois. 
Santa Maria. White. 
Sequoia. Rose carmine. 
Tahoe. Light lavender. 
Yosemite. Rose. 
Giant Imperial Mixture. 
Pkt. each 15c; % oz. 75c 
Group Collection. One packet of each (9), 
(except: Mixed) icici cuenta nen $1.00 
STOCK, VIRGINIAN 
See Viriginian Stock. 
SWEET PEAS (a) 
Sweet Peas do best where the nights are 
cool and days moderately warm. Plant in 
open, sunny location, in deep rich soil, which 
must be well drained. Cover with 1 inch of 
fine soil. Do not water till all the seeds are 
up 1% inch out of the ground, then water 
freely twice a week. If not sown in the fall, 
sow as early as the ground can be prepared 
in the spring. The varieties listed have the 
largest and best formed flowers, the longest 
and strongest stems, and the most desirable 
blooming and growing habits. 
Giant Spencer (Wave and Frilled) 
Ambition. Lavender lilac.......... Pkt. 10c 
Amethyst. Clear amethyst blue....Pkt. 10c 
Brilliant Rose. Tyrian rose suffused bronze. 
Pkt. 15c 
Melody. Golden salmon and pink on cream 
POUT 2 SR au imerncisices teasers Pkt. 10c 
Pinnacle. Deep rose-pink.......... Pkt. 15c 
Red Boy. Bright deep crimson..... Pkt. 15c 
Ruffled White. Pure white, ruffled and du- 
DIEXEG SS ee irae eee Pkt. 15c 
Smiles. Salmon to shrimp pink....Pkt. 15c 
Sweet Pea Collection. One packet each of 
theeight, COLTS ss vaeanse ecient 75¢ 
Giant Ruffled Mixture. Flowers large and so 
much ruffled that they appear double. 
Includes mai\y named varieties as well 
as many other colors of which there is 
not, as yet, sufficient stock to offer sepa- 
Lately ease Ret ae ered ee eee Pkt. 25c 
THALICTRUM, Meadowrue (p) 
Dipterocarpum. Dainty rose purple flowers 
produced on lacy fern-like sprays. Espe- 
cially useful in informal gardens and fine 
as a filler in cut flower arrangements. 
4% to 6 feet. May to October. Blooms from 
July to September. Best in partial shade 
and moist ground. Plant out of doors or 
1 flats... si A ere eee Pkt. 25c 

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*Carl Salbach 
